NEAR PINWE: UNCOVERING JAPANESE MINES (AMERICAN CAMERAMAN) [Allocated Title]

Reconstructed footage shows British engineers of 36th Division discovering and disarming Japanese mines near Pinwe in northern Burma.

British troops advancing along a track; the first two probe the ground with bayonets. One man investigates a patch and clears away from surface debris. Uncovering a Japanese mine, with a small wooden square on springs (a pressure switch?) over a charge. Alternative close-up showing the removal of the wooden square. Examining the mine. Carrying on along the track. A trip wire is found and traced to a charge in an earth bank at the roadside. Examining the charge with close-up for the camera.

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